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From the ECS State Policy Database
2001 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2001. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Geography Education
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Performance Funding
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues
- Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
CAChaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001Postsec.
Community College
Study of admissions/attrition rates for associate degree in nursing
S.B. 664
Chapter No.443, Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission to conduct, or contract to conduct, a review and analysis of community colle...

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CASigned into law 09/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community Colleges and Teaching Quality Programs
A.B. 1241
Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to submit a written report to the Legislature on the feasibility of the develop...

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CASigned into law 08/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community Colleges Contracting with Employees
S.B. 838
Limits the right to employment as a first-year probationary faculty member to persons previously employed as administrators who were not emp...

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NCSigned into law 08/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community Colleges and Economic Development
S.B. 531
Session Law Number 368., Exempts certain community college activities from the Umstead Act; provides for use of community college personnel ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2001Postsec.
Community College
College Opportunity Board
H.B. 2015
Creates College Opportunity Board; provides for the board's membership; directs the board to oversee and adopt rules for Department of State...

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CASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.
Community College
Leasing County Land to Community Colleges
A.B. 314
Chapter No.18, Authorizes a county board of supervisors to donate or lease any real or personal property that the board declares to be surpl...

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CTSigned into law 06/2001P-12
Postsec.
Development of an Articulation Agreement
S.B. 1366
Encourages the development of an articulation agreement between the constituent units of the state system of higher education and independen...

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NCSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.
Community College
Performance Measures
H.B. 438
Clarifies the performance measures on which community colleges are evaluated for the purpose of performance budgeting....

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PASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.
Community College
Multiple Amendments
S.B. 485
Act No. 35 of 2001., Amends Public School Code. Provides for school districts, national assessment tests, school director relations with dis...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.TEXAS Grant II Program
S.B. 1596
Relates to the establishment and operation of the Toward Excellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) Grant II program; provides a grant of money t...

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UTSigned into law 06/2001P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Utah College of Applied Technology
H.B. 1003A
Creates the Utah College of Applied Technology and other regional applied technology colleges in Utah; establishes their governance structur...

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AZSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Retirement
S.B. 1295
Relates to community college employee retirement; includes provisions for corrections officers, elected officials, and public safety personn...

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AZVetoed 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Retirement Plans
H.B. 2169
Permits community college district boards to authorize supplemental defined contribution plans....

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AZVetoed 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Funding
H.B. 2333
Creates a joint legislative study committee on community college funding; provides for the committee's membership; provides the committee mu...

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CASigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Energy Efficiency Projects by Community Colleges
S.B. 31A
Chapter No.9, Enacts the Summer 2001 Energy Efficiency Projects by Community College District program, which would fund the implementation o...

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IASigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Comprehensive review of the licensing of community college faculty
S.B. 480
Directs the Department of Education to establish a task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the licensing of community college facult...

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KSSigned into law 05/2001P-12
Postsec.
Concerns the state Board of Education
S.B. 7
Concerns the state Board of Education; affects the powers and duties thereof; removes accreditation of junior colleges from the oversight of...

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NCSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Submitting Community College Budgets
H.B. 421
Session Law Number 112. Modifies the procedure for submitting local budgets to the State Board of Community Colleges for approval. Capital...

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NCSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Program Audits
H.B. 386
Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs....

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ORSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Small Business Development Centers
H.B. 2342
Allows small business development centers in state universities; extends purposes of centers to include counseling; requires assent of Commi...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Partnership
H.B. 1753
Relates to a partnership agreement between the University of Texas-Pan American and the South Texas Community College District to offer the ...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Workforce Development Initiative
H.B. 2898
Relates to modernization and procurement of equipment for workforce development initiative grant programs; addresses improving employer awar...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Boards
S.B. 754
Allows community colleges to have district-wide election for local board members when division into would not create a voting zone with twen...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Certification in order to teach a class at a community college
H.B. 2316
Clarifies the statute governing the collection of teaching certification fees so that it applies to all staff or employees that require cert...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Districts
S.B. 1381
Relates to establishment of community college districts....

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AZBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 04/2001P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Joint Technological Education District
H.B. 2560
Provides a school district may join a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) by holding an election on any prescribed date prior to a...

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CASigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Energy Efficiency Projects by Community College Districts
A.B. 29A
Chapter No. 8., Enacts the Summer 2001 Energy Efficiency Projects by Community College Districts program, which would fund the implementatio...

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KSSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Scholarships
H.B. 2188
Concerns community colleges; relates to expenditures for scholarships; authorizes the charging of fees. The board of trustees of any communi...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Inclusion of Community Colleges Under Health and Hight Education Facilities Act
S.B. 588
Modifies the term "institution of higher education" under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act (MHHEFA) to in...

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NMVetoed 04/2001Postsec.
Community College
Independent Community Colleges
S.B. 476
Clarifies which institutions need legislative authorization to become a community college; reduces the amount of local support required to c...

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ILSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.
Community College
Community College Trustees
H.B. 258
Public Act No. 92-01., Amends the Public Community College Act; provides that division of community college district No. 522 into trustee di...

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+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Corporal Punishment
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming)
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Standards
+ Standards--Implementation
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Technology
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban